Hello Everybody!

I took a break from my other story to write this one! A Regular Show Halloween Special!

Don't worry! When I'm done with this one, I will finish my other story.

Anyways, let the nightmare begin. MUHAHAHAHAHA!

3:00 PM

I sit here alone
waiting for a chance
for if someone read it
I might do a dance
Wait...what's this?
A gum ball machine?
Reading my flyer?
On Halloween?
Oh Joyous day!
He's taking the flyer!
This is one Halloween they won't forget!
That is, if they hire.

6:00 PM

"Alright everybody," the gum ball machine said in front of a blue jay, raccoon, lollipop, yeti, man, ghost and goat as they were sitting on the couch in the common area of the park house. "I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that a new hurricane is coming to our area named Sandy today, so all of your Halloween activities are cancelled."

"Ah what?" the raccoon said in dismay.

"But Benson," the blue jay said to the gum ball machine. "Rigby and I were going to see a scary Halloween movie with Margaret and Eileen!"

"Well guess what Mordecai and Rigby," Benson said. "If I find out that you 2 snuck out then YOU'RE FIRED!" He then turned to the lollipop. "Now Pops, since there's still a chance some kids might be trick or treating, so you will be handing out the candy."

"Oh it would be a delight," Pops said, then he laughed.

Benson turned to the man and ghost. "Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost, you go look in the basement to see if there are any flashlights." With that, Muscle Man and Five's were off.

"Skips," Benson said, turning to the yeti. "Go find out updates about the hurricane." Skips nodded and skipped off.

While this was happening, a certain goat was on the phone. "Hey mom," the goat said. "It's me, Thomas. No, I can't come home. Yeah, my boss said we have to wait out the night. Yes I know you'll miss me. Yes, I'll be careful. OK. OK. Love you too. Bye." He hung up his phone.

Skips, Muscle Man and Fives returned. "Hey ladies," Muscle Man said. "We've got plenty of flashlights and batteries to go around." He and the ghost threw everyone a flashlight.

"Good," Benson said, relieved. "Any news on the storm, Skips?"

"Sorry Benson, but the storm is still coming."

"Well that's ok."

"Hey," Rigby said. "You said there'd be good news!"

"Oh yea," Benson said. "The good news is that since the power will probably go out and since we have nothing better to do, I've hired a professional scary story teller named The Horror Man." He threw everyone a flyer. "He's coming tonight at midnight."

"Ooh. A scary story at a scary hour. How exciting!" Pops said.

"Yeah, bros," Muscle Man said, looking at the flyer. "This guy looks serious. It says here he doesn't show his face to anyone, and his whole body is a silhouette."

"It also says it's like he possesses your body, and makes a scary story based off of your memories."

"Yeauh," Rigby said. "This is going to be the best halloween ever!"

"Hey Benson, do you mind if I call Margaret and Eileen and ask them if they want to come over?" Mordecai asked.

Benson sighed. "Fine, but if the storm comes while they're here, I'm not letting them leave."

"Alright." Mordecai started calling the number. "Hey Margaret."

"Oh hey Mordecai. Listen, I've got bad news," the red robin said. "They closed the movie theater due to the hurricane due to the bad weather, so we can't go to the movie."

Mordecai's face brightened "Really? That's great!"

"What?" The robin said, puzzled.

Mordecai turned red. "Oh. I mean boo, that's terrible. Listen, we're camping out in the house tonight, and we've hired a professional story teller to tell scary stories. Would you and Eileen like to camp out with us?"

"Wow a professional? Sure, we'd love to come over! What time?"

"Midnight."

"Ooh. The haunting hour. OK."

"Great. See you then." He then hung up the phone. "Dude," he said to Rigby. "I just invited Margaret and Eileen over for the stories."

"That's cool man," Rigby said, trying to hold back a laugh.

"What's so funny?"

Rigby couldn't hold it back anymore. He bursted into laughter.

"What's so funny?"

"It's just," Rigby said. "Those girls don't know what's in store for them."

"What do you mean?"

"Girls can't handle scary stories, man. They just get scared and huddle closer towards their boyfriend. Who knows, you might actually get a kiss from Margaret tonight."

"Not before you get a kiss from Eileen," Mordecai said, with a smug smile on his face.

"STOP TALKING!" Rigby yelled.

11:55 PM

Everyone had been waiting for this time to come for hours. Pops still had a bowl full of candy, with no one to give it to, since no TOTs came by. Everyone was just waiting on the couch when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Mordecai said."It's probably Margaret and Eileen."

"Wait," Thomas said, puzzled. "Who are Margaret and Eileen?"

Mordecai then realized that Thomas had never met either of them. "Don't worry," Rigby said. "We'll introduce them to you."

Mordecai opened the door, and there stood Margaret and Eileen. "He-Hey Margaret. Hey Eileen. Come on in." Margaret and Eileen made their way to the couch. Margaret was wearing a fleece, like Eileen.

"Margaret, Eileen," Rigby said, pointing to Thomas. "This is Thomas. Thomas, Margaret and Eileen. Thomas is an intern here at the park."

"Nice to meet you Thomas," Margaret said.

"Nice to meet you to, Margaret," he said and shook her wing.

"Nice to meet you Thomas," Eileen said.

"Nice to meet you to, Eileen," he said and shook her hand.

"Here you go," Fives said, handing them both a flashlight, batteries and a flyer.

"Oh," Margaret said. "I've heard of this guy before. He's supposed to be the best around."

"You ready to hear some scary stories?" Benson asked everyone.

They all replied positively.

"Then let's count down the seconds till midnight!"

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BZZZRRRRRRPPPPPP!

"Happy New Year!" Pops screamed.

"Pops, it's not New Years Eve," Mordecai said.

"Oh great, the power went out," Benson said, turning on his flashlight. Everyone turned on their flashlights. All of a sudden, there were 3 menacing knocks at the door. There was a moment of silence, broken by Benson.

"I guess The Horror Man is here," Benson said, walking towards the door. He opened the door. What stood before him made him scream with terror, along with everyone else screaming as well. For what stood before Benson was a 7 foot silhouette man. He wore a large scarecrow hat and a shredded jacket. "Y-You must be The Horror Man," Benson said, finally finding the courage to say anything at all. I hope it wasn't much of a burden to come here in the middle of the storm."

Then the thing spoke.

Oh no
It's quite alright.
For you see I like to come
In the middle of the night.

His voice sounded so dark and mysterious and evil. They all knew this was going to be a fright night.

Alright. Let's begin.
Since I've made contact
with all you nice folks,
you needeth sign this contract.

He pulled out a contract from his jagged coat. It was an old, rigid contract. He handed it to Benson, who took it. He then handed him a pen to sign it. Benson tried to sign it, but there was no ink. "There's no ink in this pen," he said. Then, a red, liquid substance landed on the paper. He looked up and saw that The Horror Man made his finger bleed. So he used that to sign his name. Then the contract burned up. The Horror Man let out an evil laugh in the dark.

Very well. You've signed.
That's it for the first tier.
For tier #2,
I need a volunteer.

Everyone stood speechless, then Mordecai walked up to the man and said. "I volunteer."

Margaret went behind him and whispered, "Mordecai, are you crazy? This thing isn't even human! Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Relax," Mordecai said. "He probably just needs someone to hold something. What's the worse that could happen?"

Mordecai made the biggest mistake of his life.

The Horror Man disintegrated into black smoke. Everyone's mouth's were wide open. Then the black smoke went inside Mordecai's mouth. He fell to the ground with pain, his head throbbing.

"Mordecai!" Margaret, Eileen and Rigby yelled at the same time.

Then Mordecai stopped struggling and fell to the ground silent. Benson ran up to him to check a pulse. He looked down at the body. "He's gone."

Then everyone felt sorrow, some tears were even shed from Margaret, Eileen and Rigby. While Benson was facing the rest of them, the lifeless body of Mordecai rose up in the air. Everyone's jaws were wide open.

"What?" Benson asked. Then he turned around, and his jaw was wide open as well.

There was a black glow around Mordecai's body.

"Mordecai?" Rigby asked, nervously.

Mordecai turned around in the air to face the crowd. He looked the same, except the black dots that were his pupils turned red. Then, he spoke.

Mordecai is my host
for this terror tale.
I will use his memories
and tell you a story you cannot bale.

If you read the contract
the gum ball machine signed,
he gave me the permission
to be able to go inside
the bodies in this room
every boy and woman
for this is the experience you get
for hiring The Horror Man!

"Give me back my friend, you jerk!" Rigby said, running towards the possessed body. He tried to jump it. The Mordecai Man snapped his finger, and a puff of black smoke surrounded Rigby. When the smoke was gone, it revealed that Rigby was trapped in a soundproof glass box. He started screaming, but no one heard him. The Mordecai Man, however, made sure that Rigby could hear everything he said. From there, no one talked.

Relax my nocturnal friend
For this is temporary.
When I am done with my story,
Your friend will be back and airy!
Gather round, my park folk
for tonight there shall be
no one who will feel safe
for there will be scary stories times 3!
The first one start in a high school,
two friends, having fun!
Life couldn't get any better,
but one day it was gone, the fun.
They decided to sign up for marching band,
thinking it'd be breeze,
but they were wrong, for this is the tale,
I like to call Cymbals at Ease.

And that's it for the first chapter my friends
Please tell me how you liked it.
Quite a cliffhanger, you see,
do not try to deny it!

I will post the whole story
hopefully before Halloween.
For if not, I'll come for you,
oh so scary and mean.

So be careful all my friends,
lest you want to ban
the same path that the creature does.
BEWARE THE HORROR MAN!